HB 272 – AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
08/10
HOUSE BILL 272
AN ACT designating the Ham Branch watershed in Easton as a protected river and exempting the Ham Branch watershed from the comprehensive shoreland protection act.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ford, Graf 3; Rep. R. Brown, Graf 2; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill designates the Ham Branch watershed in Easton as a protected river and exempts the Ham Branch watershed from the comprehensive shoreland protection act.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0410
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT designating the Ham Branch watershed in Easton as a protected river and exempting the Ham Branch watershed from the comprehensive shoreland protection act.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Ham Branch River; Designated for Protection. Amend RSA 483:15 by inserting after paragraph XVIII the following new paragraph:
XIX.(a) Ham Branch Watershed, Easton Designation including:
(1) Ham Branch River, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.060275, - 71.791586, state plane coordinates, north 6.1 miles to the Franconia-Easton town line.
(2) Reel Brook, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.10318, - 71.76841, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with the Ham Branch in Easton (3.6 miles).
(3) Unnamed tributary C, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.126754, - 71.779108, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with Reel Brook (1.3 miles).
(4) Unnamed Tributary D, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.11914, - 71.76787, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with the Reel Brook (0.7 miles).
(5) Slide Brook, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.13108, - 71.76225, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with the Ham Branch in Easton (2.4 miles).
(6) Unnamed tributary B, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.12875, - 71.76939, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with Slide Brook (0.5 miles).
(7) Unnamed tributary A, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.13807, - 71.77415, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with the Ham Branch in Easton (1.1 miles).
(8) Judd Brook, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.14258, - 71.76733, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with the Ham Branch in Easton (1.2 miles).
(9) Kendall Brook, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.15002, - 71.76195, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with the Ham Branch in Easton (1.2 miles).
(10) Flume Brook, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.15427, - 71.75769, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with Kendall Brook in Easton (0.7 miles).
(11) Brooks Brook, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.15655, - 71.74998, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with the Ham Branch in Easton (1.6 miles).
(12) Pepper Brook, as a natural river from the Sugar Hill-Easton town line at 44.17521, - 71.78583, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with the Ham Branch in Easton (1.1 miles).
(13) Noyes Brook, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.15239, - 71.80263, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with the Ham Branch in Easton (0.6 miles); and
(14) Unnamed Tributary E, as a natural river from its headwaters in Easton at 44.13398, - 71.81106, state plane coordinates, to its confluence with the Ham Branch in Easton (1.0 miles).
(b) All portions of the Ham Branch and its tributary rivers shall be exempt from the provisions of the comprehensive shoreland protection act, RSA 483-B.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.